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  • Conjugation : past  caught ; pp  caught ; ing  catching ; pl  catches
  • Derivatives : adj  catchable
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Collins English-Chinese Dictionary

catch [kætʃ]
  1. 1. vt. [+animal, fish] 捕获
  2. 2. vt. [+thief, criminal] 抓获
  3. 3. vt. [+ball]
  4. 4. vt. [+bus, train, plane] 赶上
  5. 5. vt. [+person] (discover) 发现
  6. 6. vt. (causing damage) (strike) 打
  7. 7. vt. (snag) 钩住
  8. 8. vt. (hear) 听清楚
  9. 9. vt. [+flu, illness] 染上
    I caught a cold.
    感冒了。
  10. 10. vi. (on branches, door etc) 被钩住
  11. 11. noun [c] [of ball etc] 接住
  12. 12. noun [of fish] 捕获量
  13. 13. noun (downside) 蹊跷
  14. 14. noun (on door, window, bag) 闩
  15. 15. noun to play catch (game) 玩掷球游戏
    to catch sb doing sth
    撞见某人做某事
    to catch sb's attention {or} eye
    引起某人注意
    to catch the light
    反光
    to be {or} get caught in sth
    [+storm] 遇到某事
  16. 16. noun [+traffic jam] 不巧碰到某事
  17. 17. noun [+crossfire] 遭到某事

Comprehensive English-Chinese Dictionary

catch [kæʧ] [kæʧ]
  1. 1. vt. 抓住逮捕,逮住,捉住俘获
    Try to catch the red ball.
    设法抓住红球。
  2. 2. vt. 拦截截住接住,握住;突然制止(或中止
    catch a ball
    接住球
  3. 3. vt. 欺骗诓骗;使入圈套
  4. 4. vt. (用陷井、圈套等)捕获,套住,缠住
  5. 5. vt. 出其不意发现偶然撞见觉察
    be caught stealing
    行窃时当场被抓住
  6. 6. vt. 突然打击击中
    The blow caught him in the arm.
    那一击打在他的手臂上。
  7. 7. vt. 及时赶上赶到
    catch a train
    赶上火车
  8. 8. vt. 引起注意等),令(人)注意偶然(或迅速吸引
    catch one's attention
    引起某人的注意
    catch a glimpse
    瞥见
  9. 9. vt. [verbal] (收)看到,(收)听到
    catch a radio program
    收听到广播节目
  10. 10. vt. 感染上(疾病),患(病);招致,惹;遭受感受着(火
    catch the mumps
    传染上腮腺炎
  11. 11. vt. 领会领悟
  12. 12. vt. 刻划勾画,雕出
    The statue catches her beauty.
    这座雕象雕出她的美。
  13. 13. vt. 迷住吸引住强烈感染
  14. 14. vt. 挂住,钩住,拌着
    catch one's heel in a rug
    小地毯拌住某人的脚后跟
  15. 15. vt. [American English] [baseball] (为指定的棒球投手接球
  16. 16. vt. [slang] 观看出席
  17. 17. vi. (被)抓住;(被)钩住
    Her sleeve caught on a nail.
    她的衣服被钉子钩了一下。
  18. 18. vi. 接,抓住,握住
  19. 19. vi. 着火,燃着,点着
  20. 20. vi. [主要用于英国]锁住;(水)结(薄)冰
  21. 21. vi. [baseball] 接手
  22. 22. noun 抓;捕捉捕获
  23. 23. noun 捕获物,渔获物;被抓住的人(或物)
  24. 24. noun 捕获量,捕鱼量
  25. 25. noun 值得追求的人(尤指夫或妻),宜于婚配对象
  26. 26. noun 诗歌歌曲等的)片断;(文字等的)片断
    catches of old tunes
    老曲调的片断
  27. 27. noun (因情感激动引起声音等的)停顿,(喉咙堵塞,哽
  28. 28. noun [American English] 抛、接球简单游戏
  29. 29. noun [American English] [verbal] 陷井,圈套欺骗诡计隐藏的难题限制(或保留条件
    She's offering us a free ticket? There must be a catch.
    她要给我们一张免费的门票?这中间肯定有圈套。
  30. 30. noun [slang] 缺点
  31. 31. noun [music] 轮唱;一种包含三或四部幽默轮唱曲
  32. 32. noun [sports] (以指定的方式接球
    Under pressure, the center fielder made a brilliant catch.
    中场手顶住压力,接了一个漂亮的球。
  33. 33. noun 庄稼的)茁壮
  34. 34. adjective 迷惑人的,容易上当
    a catch question on an exam
    考试中的一道容易答错的题
  35. 35. adjective 令人注目

Collins English-English Dictionary

catch [kætʃ]
  1. 1. vt. [tr] to take hold of so as to retain or restrain
    he caught the ball
  2. 2. vt. [tr] to take, seize, or capture, esp after pursuit
  3. 3. vt. [tr] to ensnare or deceive, as by trickery
  4. 4. vt. [tr] to surprise or detect in an act
    he caught the dog rifling the larder
  5. 5. vt. [tr] to reach with a blow
    the stone caught him on the side of the head
  6. 6. vt. [tr] to overtake or reach in time to board
    if we hurry we should catch the next bus
  7. 7. vt. [tr] to see or hear; attend
    I didn't catch the Ibsen play
  8. 8. vt. [tr] to be infected with
    to catch a cold
  9. 9. vt. to hook or entangle or become hooked or entangled
    her dress caught on a nail
  10. 10. vt. to fasten or be fastened with or as if with a latch or other device
  11. 11. vt. [tr] to attract or arrest
    she tried to catch his eye
  12. 12. vt. [tr] to comprehend
    I didn't catch his meaning
  13. 13. vt. [tr] to hear accurately
    I didn't catch what you said
  14. 14. vt. [tr] to captivate or charm
  15. 15. vt. [tr] to perceive and reproduce accurately
    the painter managed to catch his model's beauty
  16. 16. vt. [tr] to hold back or restrain
    he caught his breath in surprise
  17. 17. vi. [intr] to become alight
    the fire won't catch
  18. 18. vt. [tr] [cricket] to dismiss (a batsman) by intercepting and holding a ball struck by him before it touches the ground
  19. 19. vi. [intr; often foll by at] to grasp or attempt to grasp
  20. 20. vi. to take advantage (of), esp eagerly
    he caught at the chance
  21. 21. vi. [intr; used passively] [informal] to make pregnant
  22. 22. n the act of catching or grasping
  23. 23. n a device that catches and fastens, such as a latch
  24. 24. n anything that is caught, esp something worth catching
  25. 25. n the amount or number caught
  26. 26. n [informal] a person regarded as an eligible matrimonial prospect
  27. 27. n a check or break in the voice
  28. 28. n a break in a mechanism
  29. 29. n [informal] a concealed, unexpected, or unforeseen drawback or handicap
  30. 30. n (as modifier)
    a catch question
  31. 31. n a game in which a ball is thrown from one player to another
  32. 32. n [cricket] the catching of a ball struck by a batsman before it touches the ground, resulting in him being out
  33. 33. n [music] a type of round popular in the 17th, 18th, and 19th centuries, having a humorous text that is often indecent or bawdy and hard to articulate - See round canon
  34. 34. n See also catch on catch out catch up
  35. 35. n [Etymology] C13 cacchen to pursue, from Old Northern French cachier, from Latin captare to snatch, from capere to seize

Examples

a backhanded catch
反手接球 backhanded
catch a train
赶上火车 catch
catch a ball
接住球 catch
catch one's attention
引起某人的注意 catch
catch a glimpse
瞥见 catch
catch a radio program
收听到广播节目 catch
catch the mumps
传染上腮腺炎 catch
catch one's heel in a rug
小地毯拌住某人的脚后跟 catch
a catch question on an exam
考试中的一道容易答错的题 catch
to catch the limit for a day of trout fishing
每天捕鲑鱼的最大限量 limit

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